How Do the Perceived Organizational Support and the Leadership Support Affect Entrepreneurship Behaviours? The Mediating Role of Lmx

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This article explores the relationship between the leader support, perceived organizational support and entrepreneurship behaviors and leader-member Exchange. It proposes that LMX has a mediating role in this relationship. To investigate this proposal, a study is conducted with a number of 480 employees from small scale defense industry enterprises located in Ankara, Turkey. As a result of the analysis, it is found that both independent variable (Leader Support and Perceived Organizational Support) have positive, significant and also strong effects on the entrepreneurship behaviors. It is also found that LMX has a mediating effect on each relationship. As a result, this research’s findings show that enhancing perceptions of leader support, perceived organizational support and LMX might be an avenue for improving their entrepreneurial behaviors.